Instruct (move)

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Instruct さいはい Command

Battles Type  Psychic Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation VII Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

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Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Instruct (Japanese: さいはい Command) is a non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation VII. It is the signature move of Oranguru.

Effect

Instruct causes the target to repeat its most recent move immediately; PP will be deducted from moves used in this manner, and damage dealt by moves used in this manner is considered for the purpose of Counter, Mirror Coat, and Metal Burst (even if the target did not select a move this turn). If the target has not yet made a move this turn when instructed to use its most recent move, it may still use the move it selected this turn afterwards.

Instruct will fail if the target has not made any move; the target is in the middle of Bide, Focus Punch, Beak Blast, Shell Trap, or a consecutively executed move; the instructed move's PP is depleted; or the target does not know the move that would be instructed (e.g. if the last move it used was due to Dancer, or it has leveled up and replaced that move since it used it). It will also fail if the target's most recent move is Instruct itself, Bide, Focus Punch, Beak Blast, Shell Trap, Sketch, Transform, Mimic, King's Shield, Struggle, a move that requires recharging (such as Hyper Beam), a move with a charging turn (such as Dig or Skull Bash), a move that calls another move (such as Metronome), a Z-Move, or a Max Move. In addition, Instruct will fail when used against a Dynamax Pokémon, even if its most recent move wasn't a Max Move.

Using an instructed move is a separate action, and effects bound to a Pokémon's actions are applied individually: for example, a Pokémon may hit itself in confusion, be asleep, or loaf around for the first of its actions, but execute a move normally for its second. All actions that are not bound to a Pokémon's actions still apply once for the entire turn: for example, if a Pokémon has flinched, this applies to all of its actions for the remainder of the turn; if it is poisoned, it will take poison damage only once at the end of the turn.

A Pokémon can successfully be instructed to repeat a move when under the effect of Torment, or to use a status move if it has obtained an Assault Vest since its most recent use of the move. When instructed to use Fake Out, Mat Block, or First Impression, the target will attempt to use the move and PP will be deducted from it, but the move will fail. When instructed to use a move that would be prevented by Disable, Heal Block, Gravity, Throat Chop, Taunt, or Imprison, the target will attempt to use it, but the move will fail without PP being deducted.

The instructed move will target the same Pokémon slot as the previously used move, as long as a Pokémon is present in that slot.

If powered up by a Psychium Z into Z-Instruct, the user's Special Attack rises one stage.

Description

Games Description SMUSUM SwSh The user instructs the target to use the target's last move again.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0765		Oranguru		Field		Field	32	50
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In the anime

Oranguru Effect
The user instructs the target to use the target's last move again.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	The leaves on Oranguru's fan glow multi-colored and it thrusts it forward, causing the target to become outlined in a white glow. The target then uses its most recent move on a different target that Oranguru chooses.
Oranguru (anime)	Mallow and the Forest Teacher!		Debut

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 號令 Houhlihng Mandarin 號令 / 号令 Hàolìng Dutch Commando French Sommation German Kommando Italian Imposizione Korean 지휘 Jihwi Polish Instruktaż Brazilian Portuguese Instrução Russian Инструктаж Instruktazh Spanish Mandato

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